Ex-Bega CEO's 'deliberate breach of trust'

Ex-Bega Cheese boss Maurice Van Ryn abused young children just metres away from unsuspecting adults, in what a prosecutor has described as a "deliberate and calculating breach of trust".

The once high-flying businessman sat in the dock at Sydney's District Court on Tuesday as Crown prosecutor Michael Fox described how he had offered his underage victims lollies and computer games before sexually abusing them.

"On occasions in the pool, when children were touched in the pool, those actions occurred within close distance to unsuspecting adults," Mr Fox said during sentencing proceedings.

"It shows that there was a deliberate and calculating breach of trust."

In one instance he was bailed on suspicion of one offence - and within a month he was abusing another child.

Van Ryn pleaded guilty last year to abusing 10 boys and girls, aged eight to 16, over the previous decade.

He is now behind bars, where he is undergoing hormone treatment that has "essentially removed the pedophilic fantasies and urges", the court heard.

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Yet in a previous hearing Van Ryn described his offending as "a few minutes of stupidity", which Mr Fox said showed a lack of insight into the seriousness of his crimes and the devastating impact they had had on his young prey.

"A few minutes of stupidity equates to a lifetime of grief for the victims," Mr Fox said.

Van Ryn will be sentenced at a later date.

Meanwhile, court documents show the NSW Supreme Court has made a so-called freezing order against Van Ryn, which bars him from disposing of, dealing with or diminishing the value of any of his assets.

Specifically, Van Ryn is not allowed to dispose of a property near Bega, superannuation distributions, and shares or securities in four companies.

The order allows Van Ryn to spend up to $500 a week on living expenses and $25,000 on legal bills.